MEDIA ADVISORY: Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. Nichols to Discuss CA Impact of $14.7 Billion Volkswagen Settlement

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Media Advisory

Date
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16:34

Contacts

Stanley Young
stanley.young@arb.ca.gov
(916) 322-2990

SAN FRANCISCO - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. Nichols will hold a media availability to discuss the California impact of the landmark $14.7 billion national settlement with Volkswagen over “defeat device” software the company installed in its 2.0 liter diesel vehicles.

As part of the agreement, Volkswagen will spend approximately $10 billion to buy back or modify these vehicles, as well as pay $2.7 billion into a trust to support environmental programs and reduce emissions and an additional $2 billion on investments and promotion of zero emissions vehicles. 
 
California’s share represents one-quarter of the total national mitigation funding of $4.7 billion dollars.
 
The media availability will be live streamed on http://oag.ca.gov.
 
WHO:
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris
Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board
 
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
11 a.m. PDT
 
WHERE:
Office of California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris
455 Golden Gate Avenue
14th Floor Press Conference Room
San Francisco, CA
 
NOTES:
This event is open to credentialed media only.

CARB is the lead agency in California for cleaning up the air and fighting climate change to attain and maintain health-based air quality standards. Its mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through the effective reduction of air and climate pollutants while recognizing and considering effects on the economy.